David Syring is a cultural anthropologist with research experience in environmental advocacy, sustainability of local food systems, cultures of place, and with the community of Saraguro, Ecuador. His publications include an award-nominated book, Pla
...MoreDavid Syring is a cultural anthropologist with research experience in environmental advocacy, sustainability of local food systems, cultures of place, and with the community of Saraguro, Ecuador. His publications include an award-nominated book, Places in the World a Person Could Walk: Family, Stories, Home and Place in the Texas Hill Country (UT Press, 2000), as well as several articles drawing on fieldwork in Saraguro, Ecuador (2006, “Sweet Water and Exotic Fish: Ethnographic Reflections of Environmental Imaginations in Ecuador and the Great Lakes.” Anthropology and Humanism 32(1) and the forthcoming, “La Vida Matizada: Time Sense, Everyday Rhythms, and Globalized Ideas of Work.” Anthropology and Humanism, December 2009.) David holds a Ph.D. (1997) in Cultural Anthropology from Rice University in Houston, Texas.
In addition to 10 years of work as a college professor, he has worked for local, state and regional environmental organizations and as a writer for a monthly publication focused on the natural and cultural environments of the Upper Mississippi River. He teaches courses such as Anthropology and Environment, Anthropology and Contemporary Human Problems, Anthropology Senior Seminar, Ethnobotany, and Latin American Cultures, with a regular focus on sustainability as a key concept.
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